Rose plant-- Auswhite
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of shrub rose, seedling resulting from a definite effort to produce an improvement in this class of roses. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Primary features of this new variety which connote a distinctive advance over existing types are the gross abundant and continual blooming taken with the perfection of the fully double flowers of an old-fashioned, more particularly apparent in the accompanying illustration of a specimen thereof. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING 
     The drawing is a colour photographic representation of a new variety of flush of bloom taken substantially in side view and showing inflorescence in various stages, stems and foliage of the plant. 
    
    
     DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION 
     The following is a detailed description of the new variety, colour terminology being in accordance with the &#34;Methuen Handbook of Colour&#34; published by Eyre Methuen Ltd (1963). 
     Variety denomination (in accordance with the UPOV Convention): Auswhite (Trade name The Swan). 
     Type: Hardy: bush; outdoor; seedling; for cut flowers and garden decoration. 
     Class: Shrub. 
     Propagation: Holds its distinguishing characteristics through succeeding propagations by budding. 
     The rose plant was grown at Albrighton, Nr. Wolverhampton, England and was derived as follows: 
     Female parent (Seed parent): Charles Austin. 
     Male parent (Pollen parent): Seedling×Iceberg. 
     The operation of the artificial pollination is therefore expressed by the following (Charles Austin×seedling×Iceberg). 
     The following observations are made of specimens grown outdoors in England. 
     Plant description: 
     Plant.--Height -- 140 cm. Habit -- Tall, strong, upright. 
     Branches: 
     Young stems.--Colour: Lettuce green 30D7 with red 9D8 shading on underside. Texture: Glabrous, smooth, semi-shiny. Thorns: Very occasional. 
     Old stems.--Colour: Greenish white with pink tinge 30E8 Parrot green. Texture: glabrous, smooth, semi-shiny. Thorns: Occasional, 0-3 per node. Brownish red 10C7 fading to light yellow 4A4. 
     Leaves: 
     Stipules.--Length av. 25 mm. Width 4-6 mm. Angle of wingtips to petiole: 80 slightly recurved towards stem. Margins: Minutely serrate with glandular hairs. Shape: Linear. Colour: 29D7 greyish green fading to 1B4 greyish yellow midline. 
     Petiole: 
     General description.--Densely tometose when young, glabrous when old. 
     Groove/hairs/thorns.--Groove lined with red 10C8 tipped glandular hairs. 
     Young petiole.--Densely tometose. 
     Old petiole.--Glabrous. 
     Upperside color.--29E8 deep green. 
     Underside color.--29C6 greyish green. 
     Hair/thorns.--Occasional red 10C7 tip hairs. Occasional pale/yellow/green thorns with brownish red tinge 7D8. 
     Leaflets.--Number: 3, 5 most often. 7. Shape: Oval with rounded base, cuspidate apex. Serration: Regularly serrate. Texture: Leathery. 
     General effect of foliage: Medium density, semi-glossy. 
     Colour: 
     Young foliage.--30E7 grass green with reddish brown 8D7 veins. Upperside: Capillaries and margin. Underside: 30D6 leaf green with reddish brown 8D8 veins, particularly pronounced towards margins. 
     Adult foliage.--Upperside: 28F 6/7 dark green. Underside: 29E 5/6 greyish green. 
     Inflorescence: 
     Number of flowers per stem.--1-6, mainly 3. 
     Peduncle.--Length: Very variable 20-60 mm. Colour: 29D 6/7 greyish green. Thorns/hairs: red 10C8 tipped glandular hairs -- medium density. 
     Sepals.--Upperside colour: Greyish green 29D8 with red blush 10A4 midline base and margins Outer margins: Ensiform protrusions and red 9B7 glandular hairs. Inner margins: Tomentose. Underside colour: 29C7 apple green. Texture: Inside, densely tometose. Sepal length: 25-30 mm. Bud shape: Oval. Long pointed apex. Bud length: 30-40 mm. Max. width: 15-18 mm before bud break. Colour when opening: Pale yellow/cream 4A3. Strew yellow 3B4 at base. Flower shape: As a flattened cap, rounded base, flattened top. Outer petals recurved towards the stem in mature flowers. Diameter: 75-100 mm. 
     Flower colour when blooming: 
     Outer petals.--Yellowish white 1A2, yellow 2A6 at base. 
     Upperside.--Inner petals -- pale yellow 2A3, deepening to pastel yellow 3A4 and light yellow 3A5. 
     Outer petals.--Yellowish white 1A2. 
     Flower colour when opening: 
     Upperside.--Pale yellowish white 2A2 deepening towards centre and base of petal to pale yellow 2A3. 
     Underside.--1A2 yellowish white 2A2 deepening to pale yellow 2A3 at base. 
     Flower colouring when finished blooming: 
     Upperside.--Outer petals: yellowish white 1A2 yellow at base. Margins of outer petals brown 6D6 and shrivelling. Inner petals: pale yellowish white 2A2, light yellow at base 2A5. 
     Underside.--Yellowish white 1A2. 
     Length of blooming season in location of production: End of June to beginning of October. 
     Fragrance: Very slight. 
     Lasting quality: Good lasts for 14-18 days left on the bush and for cut flowers 13-16 days. 
     Petals: 
     Shape.--Outside: Generally round with mucronate apex and base. Inside: Oval with mucronate apex and cuneate base. 
     Texture.--Firm 
     Number.--About 90. 
     Cleaning.--Good. 
     Stamens: 
     Number.--90-100 numerous. 
     Anthers.--Normal, Bright Yellow 3A8. 
     Filaments.--Yellowish 3A5, of irregular heights. 
     Pistils: 
     Number.--Numerous. 
     Stigmas.--Normal, strew coloured 3B4. 
     Styles.--Greenish 30A5, outer styles have fuchsive top, irregular heights. 
     Receptable: 
     Colour.--Greyish green 30D6. 
     Texture.--Glabrous, dull. 
     Size.--Length 10 mm×max width 12 mm. 
     Shape.--Goblet shaped in longitudinal section. 
     General effect of foilage: Medium density, semi-glossy. 
     Colour.--Young foliage: Upperside: 30E7 grass green with reddish brown 8D8 veins, capillaries and margin. Underside: 30D6 leaf green with reddish brown 8D8 veins-particularly pronounced towards margins. Adult foilage: Upperside: 28F 6/7 dark green. Underside: 29E 5/6 greyish green. 
     The development: 
     Vegetation.--vigorous. 
     Blooming.--Abundant and continual. 
     Aptitude to bear fruits.--None. 
     Resistance to frost.--Good. 
     Resistance to disease.--Good.